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Book Title: Dialectic of Enlightenment : Critical Theory and the Messianic Light
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.2in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Jacob Klapwijk
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Methodology, Sociology / General, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Religious, General, Semiotics & Theory, Movements / Critical Theory, Philosophy
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication Year: 2010
Genre: Literary Criticism, Religion, Social Science, Philosophy
Item Weight: 6.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 124 Pages
